Curtain-holder.



C. H. KEYES. CURTAIN HOLDER.

APPLIOATION rILnD rma. 1a, 190s.

912,854.` Petentea Feb. 16, 1909.

Stream,

UNITE STA ff. EATENT OEECE.

CHARLES H. KEYES, 0F CARMEL, MAINE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO EDWARD E. BRADFORD, 0F CARMEL, MAINE.

CURTAIN-HOLDER.

Application led February 19, 1908. Serial No. 416,712.

through which fasteners are driven to assist Be it knownthat I, CHARLES H. KEYES, a I in holding the frame firmly in place. A tucitizen of the United Statesof America, rebular keeper 7 is secured under the base plate siding at Carmel, in the county of Penobscot 1 by solder 8, or otherwise. The adjustable and State of Maine, have invented new and curtain holder consists of a plain length of useful Improvements in Curtain-Holders, A wire' 9 passed through the tubular keeper To all whom 'it may concer/rt:

of I Which the following is a specification. i and adjustably This invention relates to curtain holders Il friction, saidiliolder being bent upon itself at designed more particularly for use in holding i 10 and formed into a resilient member 11 lace curtains at the side of a window, and one which terminates in an outwardly curved of the principal objects of the same is to i e: 1d l2. provide a simple adjustable holding device 1 When the holders have been secured to the Which can be uickly secured to a window window frame the curtain 13 may be frame and quie ily adjusted to hold the curi gathered at a peint near the bottom 'and tain at one side of the window frame or to placed between the resilient member 11 and permit it to hang nearly to the center thereof. the base plate 1 and if desired the holder 9l Another object is to provide a simple `lace l can be pushed inward toward the center ot curtain holder which may be made partially the window or outward, as desired. When of wire and 'which can be ad'usted in and out i it is desiredto have the curtains hang in front readily to hold the curtain in required i of the w inflow' without gathering the lower osition. l portion thereof, they may be readily de- These and other objects may be attained tached from the holders. by means of the construction illustrated in My invention is of simple construction, the accompanying drawing, in whichf-`4 i can be manufactured at slight cost, can be Figure 1 is a front elevation of a iiindow quickly applied .and showing apa-ir oi lace curtains in dotted lines efficient and desirable for its purpose. thereon and a pair of curtain holders made in i Having thus described the invention, accordance with my invention secured to the 's claimed as new, is Window frame and holding one of the sides A curtain holder comprising brace wires, of the lace curtain aside at the bottom. Big. a base plate the edges of which are bent 2 is a perspective view of one of the holders around said brace w ires, a fastening bail, the detached from the. windowT frame. Fig. 3 is ends of said brace wires being connected to a transverse section show ing the manner of said fastening bail, a tubular keeper secured securing the adjustable holding member in to' said base plate, a sliding membei` complace on the base plate. prising a strand of wire mounted in said Referring to the drawing for a more spetubular keeper, said sliding member having cific description of my invention, the numeral an outwardly curved end to hold the c urtain, 1 designates/a sheet metal base plate which and said member being adjustable in said tapers from one end toward the other, and at l tubular keeper. the side edges of the base plate brace wires 2 Carmel, Maine, are connected to said plate by curling the 10th 1908. metal around said braces. In testimony whereof l affix my signature i The ends ot said braces are bent into the form of eyes 3 to enl in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES H. KEYES.

Wh at (Penobscot ce.) February gage the fastening bail 4 Which is also provided with eyes 5 to receive suitable fastenings for holding the device in place near the Witnesses:

lower side of a window frame. The base B. R. BnoWN, plate 1 is also provided with apertures 6 L. F. Denen.

held therein by means of has been found very 

